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	Late Bloomers
	[ARTIST ALBUM]
	Artist: Guy Gerber Label: Cocoon Recordings Date: 31.05.07
	Buy US 16.66

“Late Bloomers”... This seems to be quite a down-to-earth self-assessment of the Israeli Guy Gerber, who has after all been releasing his productions since 2002. It is difficult to form an objective opinion on this matter, especially looking from the label's point of view. Should a talented artist have made his breakthrough earlier? Or is the 5 year term since his first release actually very short in comparison to many others?

Wherever he sees himself within the schedule of becoming an artist, Cocoon consider Guy Gerber to be THE newcomer par excellence of the last year, no matter if five years should entitle him to be called 'new' or not, what counts is his unbelievable presence in sound and style and a musical aura that sounds as if it’s 15 years of experience that are at the controls!

Within this field, "Late Bloomers" is an impressive testimonial of talent - hypnotic and romantic at the same time - and intuition and more or less what one can name as "Techno in the year 2007". With the first tracks on "Late Bloomers", Gerber already makes clear what this is all about. Excellent performance is the right name for this, and in some areas around the world it is now clear on which side the bread is buttered on. And brave he is, our Mr Gerber. Not only is he mixing House, Techno and Trance like nobody else - he is also producing with accordion sounds and basslines reminiscent of Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" ("Unfulfilled") without any concern and thus showing his multiple influences from Carl Craig via Giorgio Moroder to Jean Michel Jarre.

However, this all is "only" the prelude, because the first real climax of the album is reached from track 5 on with Gerber's last 12" for Cocoon "Belly Dancing", immediately followed by last year's smash hit "Sea of Sand", a track which was not missing from many of the sets of Techno or House DJs in 2006. Guy Gerber arranges the order of his tracks just like a DJ arranges his set in a club. He disposes of the dancing crowd and starts with an impressive opening and some “preparative tracks” that set the listener up nicely for the climaxes still to come.

After that, primetime follows with the two aforementioned burners that nobody can escape from. Those who were only slightly teetering along while standing at the bar must now enter the dancefloor and wave their arms wildly! Now the DJ can do with the crowd whatever he wants, he can send them right into space. And this is exactly what Gerber does in the second part of his album. With "Persona Non Grata", he proves that he keeps his nerves. For sure, Guy is not the first artist to include some calmer sounds in a Techno or House album, but "Persona Non Grata" is nevertheless surprising. Influences from World Music, R'n'B and some extreme Dub alarm make the track not only an acoustic breather but a true acme of the album. The hypnotic mood of the piece literally beams the listener directly into the summer, alongside a swimming pool of his choice Guy Gerber's answer to Club Tropicana. Alex Patterson and The Orb salute from beyond!

"Moody Samba" offers a total contrast, and is thus the next proof for Mr Gerber's versatility, without ever appearing random-like. Here, Guy opens another draw of his musical universe and all of a sudden he sounds like a remix of Aphex Twin's "Analogue Bubblebath". Electronic in its purest form and simply wicked! Those who still want more get it with "2 Birds One Stoned", the obligatory super trouper that is part of every Techno album. "2 Birds One Stoned" definitely lives up to its name weird and energetic, with basslines that remind of the high times of giant Open Air raves in Northern England in the beginning of the Nineties, and which send us back into the times of R&S and "Belgian Bombs".

Gerber skillfully brings the listener down again with "Planetarium" and "Last Frequency". However, it's not the soft ambient parcel that is unpacked but rather the 'chilling Berlin style' is celebrated. Simple minimal beats with distorted melody loops, hypnotically captivating like dramatic film soundtrack exactly what we want in these moments. "Last Frequency" is taking another stab and reminds with its arpeggio lines of the good old Blade Runner soundtrack, only with a shuffled beat underneath, perfectly rounding off Gerber's "Best-of-Styles-and-Influences".

House, Techno, Dub, Minimal, Soundtrack, Rave and Shuffle, you can find it all in here. In case you meet someone next week who completely missed the last 15 years of club history, just give him this album and within a few moments, he will get a comprehensive impression of what has musically happened on the best "Four-To-The-Floors" around the world. We bow in awe, and we feel with those who don't understand this album or don't like it at all.